Paddy McGuinness reveals Lamborghini damage after crashing during Top Gear filming

The presenter was left shaken when he lost control of the supercar while filming
Kimberley Bond17 June 2020

Paddy McGuinness has returned to filming Top Gear following an incident where he lost control of his car.

The 46-year-old was driving a £250,0000 Lamborghini Diablo for the BBC car show when he skidded on oil on a wet road.

While not seriously injured, McGuinness has now shared a video on his Instagram page detailing the damage done to the supercar.

“Hello there! Back filming again today with Top Gear,” he told his 1.6 million followers.

Paddy McGuinness told his followers he was 'fine' after crashing a car during the filming of Top Gear
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“I thought I would show you the Diablo. It’s on the back of a low loader. Gutted.

“As you can see, the damage underneath there. Hopefully, fingers crossed, we can get her back on the road and what have you.”

The former Take Me Out host was also quick to reassure his fans that he was doing okay after the accident.

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“It wasn’t as bad as was made out yesterday, to be honest, but just shows you, a little bit of oil on a wet road, lethal,” he said. “And I was only going about 35mph.

“Anyhow, we live to fight another day. We’re in that now, the mighty Skoda. That’s the whip today. Right, butty van.”

He captioned the post: “Back in the saddle! Get the kettle on.”

McGuinness said of the incident earlier in the week that he was going to have “a cup of tea, a paracetamol and a cry”.

“It turns out 32-year-old supercars don’t like torrential rain. Who’d have thought?” he joked in an earlier video.

“I am totally fine and fingers crossed we get the car up and running again because it is an absolute beauty.”

A spokesman for Top Gear said: “During Top Gear filming in North Yorkshire today, presenter Paddy McGuinness’s car skidded and left the road, coming to an almost immediate stop.

“Paddy was quickly taken to the production unit base for medical checks and is unhurt.

Top Gear resumed filming today
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“No other vehicles were involved and the police, who had been monitoring filming, were quickly on the scene to assist.

“Safety on Top Gear is always the production team’s priority and the vehicle’s speed at the time was within the road’s limit of 60mph.”

McGuinness isn’t the first Top Gear presenter to run into trouble on the roads – co-host Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff veered off a track while driving a three-wheel vehicle at high speeds.

Richard Hammond suffered a near fatal collision when he crashed a car at 288mph speeds, seeing the presenter in a two week coma and post-traumatic amnesia.

Additional reporting by PA.

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